Gage for setting paper in type-writers.



E. B. HEss.

GAGE FOR SETTING PAPER IN TYPE WRITERS.

APPLICATION FILED AP11.15, 1916.

Patented Apr. 10, l1917.

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FDWRD B. HESS, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ROYAL TYPEWRITER COM- i PANY, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.v

GAGE FOR SETTING IPAPEI IN TYPE-WRITERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 191'?.

Application led April 15, 1916. Serial No. 91,288.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, EDWARD B. Huss, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Gage for Setting Paper in Type-Writers, of which the following is av specification.

The object of this invention -is to provide a paper gage or indicatorfor the paper tables of typewriters whereby sheets of paper may be readily and accurately set relatively to the platen with the printing line located any desired distance from the top of the paper, or for the printing to commence at any indicated or selected place in the body of the paper, and also to indicate the location of the selected position of the last line of printing whether it be at the bottom of the sheet oron any other part thereof.

The papergage of this invention is designed to be attached to thepaper table and to extend above or beyond the upper edge` thereof a suiiicient distance to accommodate, and to act as a guide for, the longest sheets of ordinary typewriting paper., lt is preferably provided with a line space scale and it is lproposed to so attach it to the paper table that it may be moved from operative osition into unobstructive position wholly ehind the paper tabl-e, and to adapt it to occupy but little space when located behind the table. llt is also proposed to make it longitudinally adjustable. Thisv adjustable feature will permit the outer end of the gage to be set in any desired indicating position. 'To provide for this longitudinal adjustment of the gage it may bemade in sections telescopically connected.

These features with minor details of construction will now be specifically described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a typewriter paper table and the gage of this invention applied thereto:

Fig. 2, a part view of the table broken away showing the gage folded in inoperative positionbehind it:

Fig. 3, a side elevation of Fig. 1, with the device in operative position and the table in section:

Fig. l illustrates a retaining spring and stop pin at the inner end of a sliding section:

Fig. 5, a side view of Fig. 4::

Fig. 6, atransverse section of the gage on' line 6, 6, Fig. 1:

Fig. 7, a front elevation of a table gage showing a number of short sliding sections, whereby'the gage may be closed up to occupy but little space: and

Fig. 8, a central vertical-sectional view of Fig. 7.

This paper gage is adapted to be applied to any typewriter paper table, the table 9 illustrated being that of the Royal Standard typewriter carried on arms 10, 10, by which it may be pivotally swung into and out of operative position. 1f designates the platen, 12 the paper pan and 13 the guide presser rollers of the machine.

The paper gage may be made of sheet metal vcomprising a main bar or arm 14 channel-shaped with inturned flanges 15. It is suitably pivoted to the back of the table 9, as by a screw 16, and is provided with two lateral projections adapted to act as stops by contacting with the upper flange or turned over edge 17 of the table, the one 18 of which determines the upper operative position of the gage, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and the other one 19 determines the lower inoperative position of the gage, as shown at Fig. 2. The swinging connection of the gage and table will be under sufficient friction to hold the gage in set positions, which may be accomplished by causing the projections 18 and 19 to b ear against the back of the table.

rlhe extensible part of the gage is, in Figs. 1 and 3, shown as a flat bar 20 fitted to slide in the channel of the bar 14C, and having a spring tongue 21 formed at its inner end whereby it is friotionally held in any set position in the bar or arm 14. It is also provided with a pin 22 which prevents its entire removal from bar 14 by contacting with a lug 23 formed on lone of the flanges 15, see Fig. 1. A lip 24 is formed at the outer end of the sliding bar 20, by which it may be manipulated.

When the gage is made of a number of sliding sections, as shown at 25, 26, 27, 28, Figs. 7 and 8, their'telescoping connections may be made as before described, as may also their controlling devices.

The gage will be preferably provided with.

' a line scale 29 adequately numbered to facilithe paper Where printing is -to commence at the line of print y. To determine the proper position of the paper when the printing is to commence at or near the top of the paper the lower edge z, which will then be the upper edge, may be set at the proper division of the scale, or the sliding bar 20, or bars 25, 26, 27, 28, be adjusted to where the edge z Will be against the lip 24, when the paper is placed in the machine. Similarly, the last line to be printed will be indicated When its position is at the line of print by the upper edge m of the paper reaching the division of the scale that will so locate the last line.

In the construction of the device as shown at Figs. 7 and 8 the sections may be made short enough to be, when closed up, behind the table, the lower section then being rigidly secured invertical position to the table with the upper end of the part 14 at -or near the upper edge of the table, as indicated by the dotted linelf.

I claim:

1. In a typewriting machine, a paper table having a turned or flanged upper edge in combination With an indicator bar pivotally connected with the table and having stops adapted to engage the iange and limit the pivotal movementof the bar.

2. In a typewriting machine, a paper table in combination with an indicator bar pivotally connected with the rear side of the table and having stops for limiting the pivotal movement of the bar and for holding it in either a horizontal position behind the table or in a vertical position above the upper edge of the table.

3. In a typevvriting machine a paper table in combination with an indicator bar having a section pivotally connected With the rear side of the table'and adapted to move from a horizontal position behind the table to a vcrtical` position above lthe table, means for limiting the pivotal movement of the bnr section, andanother bar section telescoping with that first mentioned.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

EDWARD B. HESS.

Witnesses:

I". C. MYERS, GEORGE F. HANDLEY. 

